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until it was consolidated with the main branch, and also has its own post office. Public transportation is provided by buses of the
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residence at 2300 Jackson Street in
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rate was 36.6%. Commercial activity is concentrated along
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millworkers, who were excluded from the more upscale neighborhoods close to the
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Environmental inequalities: class, race, and industrial pollution in Gary
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administration in the 1960s and 1970s, Midtown was targeted for
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to the east. As of 2000, Midtown had a population of 12,056.
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running along
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Neighborhood in Lake County, Indiana, United States
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535:Glen Park
515:Brunswick
510:Black Oak
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